WILDE, OSCAR. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C.3.3. London: Leonard Smithers 1898. 8vo, original white cloth spine and mustard cloth sides, uncut, spine slightly darkened, natural discoloration to free endpapers. FIRST EDITION, one of 800 copies on handmade paper, of an edition of 830, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on verso of half-title leaf: "Cyril, from his friend the author. Paris. March. 98. Oscar Wilde." The recipient was possibly Cyril Flower (1843-1907), first Lort Battersea, a picture collector and patron of the arts. Mason 371; Hayward 312. A very good copy.